Kindle touch and kindle fire are both capable of reading kindle-formatted ebooks. In this article, particular aspects of the both new generation kindle will be pointed out to compare functionality required for ebook readers.
The kindle touch and kindle touch 3g
The kindle touch has Amazon’s proprietary 6-inches pearl e-ink display. The anti-glare e-ink screen makes it’s very comfortable to in bright light source. The user interface of kindle touch may be the most straightforward and easiest to utilize among all generations of kindle invented by Amazon. Best of all, amazon decided to bring the price of the basic kindle touch with ads down to unbelievable $99. With nearly double of the storage space of conventional kindle keyboard (Kindle 3) and your hassle-free multi- touch display, this offer is almost undeniable. If you're a person that is always on the road, the kindle touch 3g hold the great capabilities of internet access and book downloads from anywhere. There is no monthly fee for 3g. The service cost has been integrated in to kindle touch 3g price by additional $50. It’s rather inexpensive for $149 on kindle touch that comes with free 3g across 100+ countries, especially if you plan to use kindle touch to access internet contents regularly. The kindle touch 3g and kindle keyboard 3g are only two e-readers with integrated 3g service. Other companies decided to discontinue their 3g products due to extensive cost.
Kindle fire VS kindle touch
Amazon's new kindle fire has drawn much attention from across the web but it doesn’t gain much appreciation as an e-readers. Actually there are a considerable number of consumers who want to read e-books on kindle fire. Kindle fire has built-in app that facilitates reading kindle-formatted books and it does perform this task very well. Reading on kindle fire is just like other tablet, such as iPad. Text are zoomable and navigation is easy because the advantage of touchscreen. Some of the readers complained about eye-strain and glare. However, eyestrain is subjective and it does not occur to all readers. One apparent benefit of using kindle fire as an e-reader over other tablet is Amazon does have the largest ebooks and magazine library.
There are some downsides of using kindle fire as a reading device, compare to kindle touch. First is LCD screen does not perform well in bright sunlight. And secondly, the the kindle fire has no 3g connection, while kindle touch gives you the options.
In summary, kindle touch is a perfect device for readers and those who need 3g connection. While kindle fire can be a good reading device for those who also need other functions of a tablet computer.
Kindle fire's connectivity tested by O2 Broadband.
Last year, amazon kindle is the best selling product on Black Friday week at Amazon.com. Kindle 2 was sold at $89. This year there has been no official news on e-ink kindle reader and kindle fire so far. But at least, you can expect discount on kindle 3 (kindle keyboard). Click on banner to check current deal on kindle fire.
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